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Dawar, Rakesh, Yalamalle, Vishwanath Rohidas, Bana, Ram Swaroop, Kaur, Ramanjit, Shivay, Yashbir Singh, Choudhary, Anil K., Singh, Teekam, Meena, Samrath Lal, Vijay, Dunna, Vijayakumar, H. P., Kumar, Vipin, Yadav, Achchhelal |
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Agriculture; Basel; Feb2024, Vol. 14 Issue 2, p266, 11p |
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Little mallow (Malva parviflora L.) is a notorious weed that causes substantial yield losses in winter crops. For effective weed management and seed testing, a deeper understanding of seed dormancy, germination behavior, and dormancy-breaking methods is necessary. Experiments were conducted to determine the effect of seed treatments, i.e., mechanical scarification, acid scarification, hot water treatment, and different germinating temperatures, i.e., 15 °C, 20 °C, or alternating 15–20 °C (16/8 h), on the seed dormancy in M.parviflora. A large proportion of M. parviflora seeds were physically dormant, with just 10.90% germination. Seed treatments had a significant influence on seed germination, seedling dry weight, vigor index, and water absorption (p ≤ 0.01). Among the various treatments, mechanical scarification enhanced germination by 32%, the vigor index by 487% and water uptake by 34%, and decreased percent hard seeds by 34%. Among the various germination temperatures, alternating 15–20 °C temperatures (16/8 h) gave the most significant result for germination and the lowest percent hard seeds. The findings of this study will serve as a valuable reference for seed testing and the development of suitable weed control strategies for M. parviflora. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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Complementary Index |
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